Pardon me, as I speak 'merican, but can understand English from time to time. (Reminds me of learning that my German friends while in school have the choice of learning English or American language.
If I understand, you have concerns about cooling the engine. I think the SVT has a larger capacity radiator than the standard Duratec Contour, so I suspect that would sufficiently cool our 3L vehicle.
I get the FEAD, and I think that is addressed in the packaging of the 3L for the Escape/Tribute.
And since we seldom have the opportunity to explore the higher RPM's, I personally will trade some top end HP for that good old American low end grunt. I'd be happy with 190-200HP with a really flat torque curve. So when you do tip into it, you get going right away. (Sorta like that M-Coupe I drove 6 weeks ago!)
Of course, I'd be orgasmic with 240+HP and that really flat torque curve
, but now we are talking about a upgrades for the transaxle as well.
Cheers,
TB
Originally posted by Terry Haines:
TB,
Main problem with existing 3.0 is the FEAD,sticks out more than 2.5,if the pump is back on the came drive should be able to maintain overall engine length/width of the existing 2.5.As to the intake,dipite many opinions port deact does have merit for low speed torque and good cylinder filling by maintaining high gas velocity into the port at low engine speed,the key is the transition points,bit like an old two stage carb(Weber etc,now I'm showing my age!)Have to watch this as 'bigger is not always better',need to test both set up on a flowbench with heads ,manifolds,stock valve openings etc to get the real picture.One other point,back to cooling,should consider a rad with increased fin density,the duratech HATES to be cooked,the heads will warp in a hartbeat! re grinding them/deck face helps little as the deck & head material is thin to start with so after machining the chances of warpage are greater...keep it cool!Hope some of this helps.The moral is you can fit almost anything in anything...given time & money,is it worth it? I myself feel a wll sorted 2.5 is better than more cubes.Regards TAH
[This message has been edited by tboner (edited September 15, 2000).]
